For third-graders, learning English can be a fun adventure. What better way to make it exciting than with short, engaging stories? These stories aren't just about reading, they're about exploring different worlds, meeting new characters, and learning valuable lessons along the ...
The Use of Short Stories to improve English proficiency in Sixth Gradersdoi:10.46652/runas.v5i9.159Astudillo Tapia, Byron TeodoroArgudo-Serrano, JuanitaRunas. Journal of Education & Culture
I like starting the year with short stories to build my students’ appreciation for brief, attention-grabbing fiction. Students can toss around their ideas on characters’ decisions and infer and predict as the action rises. At the same time, I can acquaint them with pertinent literary terms. ...
That means listening to their stories, finding out about their hobbies, asking what artist did their tattoos, where they like to go on vacation, what they like to do outside of work, and most importantly what they HATE to do. No one can have their way all the time when it comes to ...
Coming up with a precise definition is difficult, especially if you want multiple groups to agree. Those specific questions are relatively low-level; I think we should ask a bunch of questions like that, but think we may also want some more vague things as well. For example, say I wanted...
Balance World Building with Story Creation.I’ve talked to lots of writers over the years, and they generally fall into two camps––Pantsters or Plotters. Pantsters like to fly by the seat of their pants and write their stories as quickly as the ideas come into their heads. Plotters pref...
(movie clip, short film, picture story book). Post lesson interviews were undertaken with 24 students inviting them to compare and contrast this lesson sequence with their usual mathematics instruction. Drawing on a self-determination theory lens, our analysis revealed that these lessons were ...